Empire's New Clothes - Barack Obama in the Real World of Power (Hardcover)

A sequel to Street s "Barack Obama and the Future of American Politics," this new book documents and assesses Obama s newly emergent record on domestic and foreign politics against his original agenda for change. Although mainstream journalists have noted discrepancies between Obama s original vision and reality, Paul Street uniquely measures Obama s record against the expectations of the truly progressive agenda many of his supporters expected him to follow. Taken together, the list of Obama s weakened policies is startling: his business-friendly measures with the economy, the lack of support for the growing mass of unemployed and poor, the dilution of his health reform agenda, the passage of a record-setting Pentagon budget, and the escalation of U.S. military violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Street s account reveals these and many other indications of how deeply beholden Obama is to existing dominant domestic and global hierarchies and doctrines. His new book yields a perspective on Obama and current politics that is scarcely found in mainstream media. No progressive reader will want to miss it Help Paul raise funds for his east coast speaking tour this summer by going here: kickstarter.com"

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Paul Street
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-59451-844-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-59451-844-0
Barcode:	9781594518447

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